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Saturday, 17 November 2018

Brexit versus Democracy

Why are they
allowed to tell us all these lies and to spread such misinformation?It’s not just politicians (on both
sides), it’s the media too – but I have to say, it’s mostly Brexiteers who
peddle these lies.When are they going
to tell us the truth? When are they going to give us the real facts?

We keep
being told that “the majority” voted to for Brexit.

No they didn’t!Only 37.44 of the electorate voted “Leave”.

We keep
being told that “The people have spoken” and that Brexit won by 52% to 48%.

This is just plain wrong!The facts are that Leave won by only 37% to
35% – and that 28% of the electorate didn’t vote at all.

We also know
full well that the Referendum was only intended to be “advisory” – but the
government, most of the Labour party, the BBC, most of the media and everybody
on the Brexit side seem to have conveniently forgotten that.If the referendum had been intended to be
binding, then surely there should have been a clear minimum number of votes
required to make it so.For something as
important as this, let’s say at least 50% of the electorate one way or the other to make
it binding, not just a simple majority.

Nobody knows
exactly why 28% of the electorate didn’t vote. Maybe they were undecided and
had no firm view either way, maybe they thought that it was a foregone
conclusion and that there was no chance that “Leave” would win.However, what we do know, with a fair degree
of certainty, is that of the voters who have died in the 2 years, 5 months
since the Referendum, more will have voted Leave than Remain.We also know that, of the younger people who
have become eligible to vote since the Referendum, more will be likely to vote
Remain than Leave.The polls also tell
us clearly that more people have changed their views from Leave to Remain than
vice-versa. This is hardly surprising considering the chaotic shambles we’ve
been watching ever since.

It is
clearly wrong and totally undemocratic to pursue such a drastic, potentially
dangerous and life-changing course of action solely on the basis that, nearly
2½ years ago, just 37% of the voting public thought that it might be a good
idea!What about the other 63% of the
electorate?Are they not allowed to have
any further say at all, especially now that they have an idea of the potential
consequences?

Countless
politicians, both Conservative and Labour, actively campaigned for Remain but
have (or say they have) changed their views since the Referendum – this is
sheer hypocrisy!Of course, they all now
say that they are “honouring the will of the people” – but, in fact, all they
are doing is pandering to what they think is the opinion of a majority of the
electorate, in the hope that they will not lose votes at the next election.

It is not
the duty of MPs just to follow public opinion, nor merely to do what they think
the majority of their constituents want.It is their duty to act in accordance with what they believe to be in
the best interests of all their constituents and of the country as a whole.
Most of all, it is their duty to be HONEST!

The EU
Referendum was a misguided and foolish idea in the first place.It was politically motivated and it should
never have happened at all.Campaigning
on the Leave side was riddled with lies and false promises as well as being
illegally over-funded.However, it did
happen.Since then the country has
become more divided than ever.The
government (and most of the opposition) have proved to be totally incapable of
making any sense of it.The whole Brexit
process has resulted in complete chaos.Almost everybody now believes that the UK will be worse off after Brexit
and, worst of all, the dangers to the integrity of the UK and the peace of
Northern Ireland are staring us in the face!

A General
Election at this point would create mayhem!It would just end up being a single issue election.Almost everybody would be voting according to
their views on Brexit instead of voting for the candidate they believed to be the wisest and most honest, or who had the
best policies and would best represent them.

The only possible
answer, now, is a second Referendum – call it a “People’s Vote” if you like –
but it absolutely must not be a vote on “deal or no deal”.Bearing in mind the complete shambles we have
all witnessed over the last 2½ years, it must, clearly, be another vote on
Leave or Remain – Brexit or No Brexit – and it should require a clear majority
of at least 50% of the electorate to establish a firm and lasting decision one
way or the other.Until such a firm and
lasting decision is achieved, the entire Brexit process must be put on hold,
for the sake of everybody.

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